The forgotten GT from Ford
01/27/2015
At the presentation of the new Ford GT in Detroit, which will apparently be available to buy from 2016, the tradition of this new sports car was of course also remembered.
Naturally, the multiple Le Mans winner Ford GT40 (pictured above) and its similarly styled but road-going successor, the Ford GT, which was built just over 4,000 times between 2005 and 2006, were mentioned.
What is quickly forgotten in this context, however, is that there were two other Ford GTs.
The Ford GT 70 was created between 1970 and 1971 and was intended as a rally car in the style of a later-developed Lancia Stratos, with a four or six-cylinder engine in front of the rear axle.
The body was made of plastic and production plans were already in place. However, due to rule changes, the use of the Ford Escort in rally sport seemed to make more sense and so the GT 70 project died after six examples were produced, one of which had an even more elegant Ghia body.
In 1996, Ford presented the GT 90 concept car, which was based on the Jaguar XJ 220 and was developed by a small team in just six months. The six-liter V12 engine was said to produce around 720 hp, not least thanks to the four (!) turbochargers.
Visually, it was based on the ideas of the "New Edge" design, which was later also seen on many Ford production cars.
It remained a one-off; the car would probably have been far too expensive with an aluminum monocoque and carbon fiber.
Pictures of the Ford GT 70 and GT 90 can of course be found in the Zwischengas archive. And there are also two pages from a sales brochure for the Ford GT 70 .
